I have a sliver dollar tetra, a kissing gourami, and a dwarf gourmai in my 30 gallon tank now. I am looking for a fish that will be good with the fish i have right now and that is about 3-4 inches. Any ideas?
2007-03-31 06:51:37 · 7 answers · asked by here_4_1_day 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
i have had the silver dollar tetra for 6 months and it has been fine
2007-03-31 07:07:57 · update #1
The most noticable thing that your tank is lacking are bottom fish. Why not consider a smaller loach (kuhlii), or a peaceful catfish that can remain a single (Farowella or banjo - they are longer than 4", but are slender-bodied and will mix with what you already have). Corydoras would be another choice, but these will do better if kept in a school (and so will the silver dollar).
Does it have to be a fish? A dwarf African frog could be an interesting addition - just be sure it's a dwarf, not a clawed frog (these eat fish and get to be the size of a baseball)!
2007-03-31 07:53:03 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Silver Dollar - needs to be in groups of 5 or more in a minimum of 55 US gallons.
The Kissing Gourami and Dwarf Gourami should be ok in the 30 gallon, i would watch for aggression issues though.
Take back the silver dollar, it's not going to thrive alone in your tank. Get a group of smaller tetras, but not too small as the Kissing Gourami might not like that idea (mmm munchies).
Get a group of 5-6 of one of these if you like tetras (but keep an eye on the kissing gourami!!):
Cardinal Tetra
Bleeding Heart Tetra
Black Widow Tetra
2007-03-31 07:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by catx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For one, you've education fish yet no longer any faculties (yet for some reason you've many Platies which aren't from now on education fish). you want to characteristic more advantageous Tetras, Barbs, Flying Foxes, and Corydoras. no longer such as your Plecos, you're searching at a 40 gallon or so tank. Plecos. Your "Hong Kong Pleco" is genuinely no longer a Pleco. it really is a Hillstream Loach. i'm no longer certain what you meant with the different species. Albino Plecos will be regularly any species. i have in no way heard of a Leopard Pleco and an unidentified Pleco back, is unidentified. do no longer ignore that some Pleco species are aggressive to one yet another and some species can strengthen very tremendous. one hundred gallons is the recommended length for a million!
2016-12-03 02:09:20 · answer #3 · answered by kristofer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like you need some bottom feeders!! I would try a cory (he'll eat uneaten food), and a COUPLE yo-yo loaches...they are crazy fun to watch interact together--I have three of them in my 29 gallon tank. Also, dwarf gouramis aren't very fast fish, so you don't want to get "zippy" fish, like zebra danios, because they might try to chase your dwarf gourami. I know rainbowfish are very beautiful...a small school of larger tetras (I have pristella and bloodfin) would work well also. The kissing gourami is a little large for the tank, but just make sure he isn't bullying the other fish. Good luck! :)
2007-03-31 08:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by Paso Fino horse lover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raising a fish tank can be very exciting, and actually, I've often had it refered to as 'moving art.' My favorite fish in this combination is usually different types of tetra and Danios. You have to make sure you dont combine aggressive fish with what you have now because these are non aggressive fish. Tetra can come in MANY different colors with different species and sizes. Also, Danios come in more of a longer shape, and slivery with light yellow stripes, very nice in my oppinion. Stay AWAY from Chiclids if this is the tank you have! They will eat everything.
The different types of tetra I know of are the bleeding heart tetra...lemon tetra....and a few others that I can specfically name right now...but they can come in orange and red, and black...they are truely beautiful.
Gourmai come in different colors too, try getting more of those. But once peice of advice as well, fish oddly enough like to be put in schools of ODD numbers, like 3s so try doing that, and usually depending on how big the fish are, try to keep the number of fish in a community tank, under the number of gallons you can hold in the tank. Like a 30 gallon? obviously...keep it lower than that. :) I hope this helps!
2007-03-31 07:02:31 · answer #5 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couple thoughts... A black knife is a very interesting fish that would do well in the tank you've set up. A pair of kribs would also look great and provide some interesting behavior. Another option would be a couple larger neon rosy barbs. THey look great and stay in the center of the tank.
2007-03-31 07:23:44 · answer #6 · answered by Sank63 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have a silver dollar too! but I dont know anything about it because I got it as a gift so if you could help me please e-mail me at: sugey7394@yahoo
oh by the way try a molly
2007-03-31 14:39:18 · answer #7 · answered by suggie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋